Material-selecting reel



Sept. 30, 1952 D. M. YORBURG 5 3 4 MATERIAL SELECTING REEL l Filed July16, 1949 v 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 Qamd 41 gara/r &W

# form? yo Patentetl Sept. 30, 1952' manually-operated device forselectively 'dfihh' the top surface of the upper lange |6 and arrangedto support a tapered pin 35 adapted to engage between thecorrespondingly-tapered surfaces of a pair of fingers 36-36 of reduceddimensions formed at the free ends of the brakeshoes 30-30 and supportedin transverse apertures of the boss in operative relationship to the tbodiment of the invention, the brake-Shoes are so adjusted as to permitrotation of the spider man-' ually against the frictional resistanceofi'ered by scribed briefiy as follows. The holder is posi-' tionedadjacent the machine |3 or any other device which is to use materialscarried by the reels, with the center of the base-member l4substantially in alignment 'with the take-Off or feed-in rolls l2 of themachine so that any one of the reels IO supported on the spider 22 maybe rotated into position to align the metal strip ll of the reel withthe takeoft or feed-in means 12 of'the machine; These'lection o f anyparticular reel for a desired color is mad'e manually by pushing againstany one of the radially-extending arms 41 of the spider to rotate thelatter aboutits stude-shaft 2| so as to bring the selected reel intoalignment with the feed-in means of the machine,-the rotation of thespider being said brake-Shoes, but prevent the spider from moving reelyinadvertently out of a selected i position.

Secured on the outer'surface of the side Wall 29 of the ..brake-drum andextending radially therefromin asubstantially-horizontal plane are thereel-supporting elements of the spider, each supporting-elementcomprising an elongated substantially U-shaped member 38 (see Figs. 1 vand' 2) welded at its closed end 39 to the side Wall of the brake-drumand provided at its outer free ends with a pair of bearing-brackets40-46 respectively,- for rotatably supporting a reelsubstantiallyvertically in the slot formed between its spaced-parallelarms 4 l-4 I.

As shown especially'well in Fig. 3, each bearr ing-bracket 46constitutes 'a substantially-rectangular block of wood or other suitablematerial,

adjustably secured to its respective' arm 4l of the spider by means of apair of carriage-bolts 42 or thereof a distance slightly greater thanthe width of the corresponding arm 4l of the spider. In

bearing-'recess 43 for rotatably supporting the corresponding trunnion44 of a reel. Furthermore, invorder to control the rotation of each;reel -in its respective bearing-blocks 40-40, suitable braking-means areprovided comprising one arm 45 of each U-shaped bearing-recess 43, the

one arm being made to lex to and from the other relatively-fixed arm 46of thebearing-recess by providing a longitudinal slot 41 in the''corre-v sponding block, the upper end of the slot intersecting thebottom of the U-shaped bearing-recess at its intersection with theflexible arm 45;

Moreover, a bolt-and-wing-nut assembly 48' is provided which extendsthrough each block and' more particularly the arms 45 and 46 of itsU-shaped bearing-recess 43, and at substantially right angles to theaforesaid longitudinal slot 41' of the block, whereby by turning theWing-nut, the ,flexible arm 45 may be moved to and from the oppositerelatively-fixed arm 46 of the bearing -b1ock thereby to frictionallyengage and re'- lease the reel-trunnion 44 supported in the U- shapedbearing-recess 43 thereof.

effected against the resistance of the brakemechanism, as 'hereinabovedescribed. Consequently, having brought the selected reel into poi thelike which extend through the block :from front to back, and are spacedapart longitudinally The Operation of the reel-holder maybe desition,the spider will be held by the brake-means from rotating inadvertentlyout of its' selected position.

Thus, having metal may be' fed to the machine substantially *withoutinterruption, the'only delay being that occasioned by swinging thespider] 'around to bring a chosen reel opposite the machine and thenthreading the strip metal of that'particula'r reel into the feed-rollsthereof. r v

The showing lo Fig's, &and 7 nclusz've Inasmuch as certain of 'the'partsshown in Figs. 6 and 7 ofamodification of thereel-holder *now to bedescribed are similar to parts pre:

viously described, certain of these parts shown in Figs. 6 and 7 havesimilar reference characters applied thereto plusth'e subscript an Inthe modified structure, the. base-member" |4a has an integralfiange l6aof relatively small diameter at its upper end to which is secured a flatdisk-shaped index-plate 50,'see 'Fig. 7, having radial notche's 51substantially equally-spaced" around the perimeter thereof. Projecting'upwardly fromthe index-plata 50 substantially concentric thereto, is astud-shaft 2la having a cy-j lindrical bushing 23a and anend-thrust'bearing-' plate 2411 for rotatably 'supporting the hub 26a ofaspider-drum 25a, the 'hub 26a ofj'which is held in rotational'engagement with the 'afo'resaid bushing and bearing-plate by means of aWasher zla and nut 28a. The reel-supporting arms 38a of thespider22afandthe reel-supporting bear,-" ing-blocks are identical tothose'described above. in conjunction with Figs. 1 through 5 inclusiveand, hence, will notbe described again. However, the spider-restrainingmeans-for resisting rotation of the spider 22'a. about its stud-shaft2la embodies a single 'b'rakeshoej 53 and an inend of the apertureintersecting the outer face of the drum-wall zs Slidably sufiported'within the axial aperture 58 or the boss 55 isa' sleeve 51 which isreduced at its outer end to f rm"'a annular shoulder 58; and which isprovided at its inner end, beyond the inner end of the boss, with theaforesaid brake-shoe v 53, the latter: having friction-pads 59-59secured thereon. .Threadedly secured in theouterend of theaxial apertureo the boss s a nipp e 'B r/ he inner m once 'loaded the rel-carrierwith': reels of the same or dissimilar' colors,';the strip' which forms'an-annlar abutinezit i for enagement. by the outer endLdi, acoil-sprin'gfisz 'the latch-pin 54, thereby normally to urge thelatch-pin 54 inwardly radially so as to engage positively in anindexing-notch of the indexing-plate 50. The indexing-pin 54 is adaptedto be withdrawn from an indexing-notch 51 of the indexing4plate bygrasping the head 69 at the outer end of the shank of the indexing-pinand pulling the latter outwardly radially against the resistance of itsspring 66.

The operation of the modified reel-holder is' substantially like that ofthe reel-carrier described above in conjunction with Figs. 1 through 5,except that in order to rotate the :'eel-holding spider, the operatormust first withdraw the indexing latch-pin 54 from latching engagementWith a notch 5| of the indexing-plate in the manner hereinabovedescribed, whereupon the spider may be rotated against the resistanceforce of the brake-shoe 53 to bring any selected reel into alignmentwith the feed-means of the machine, whereupon the latch-pin 54 isreleased for reengagement in a notch 5| of the indexingplate, therebypositively holding the spider from rotating.

The improved reel-carrier of the invention is characterized by itssimplicity and economy of construction and the accomplishment of a greatsaving in labor and time in handling and selecting the reels.

The invention may be carried out ,in other specific ways than thoseherein set forth without departing from the spirit and essentialcharacteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are,therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and notrestrictive, and p all changes coming within the meaning and equivalencyrange of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

1. A reel-holding device for selectively orienting a plurality of reelsopposite a eeding-station, said device comprising a base-member having aflange adjacent its upper end and a concentric shaft upstanding fromsaid flange; a spider comprising a hub-portion engaged on saidupstanding shaft for supporting said spider on said flange for rotationin a substantially-horizontal plane, and arms extending radially withrespect to said hubportion, said arms being arranged in pairs to defineVertical slots for accommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocksfor each pair of arms, said bearing-blocks being constructed andarranged to support a reel for rotation in a substantially-verticalplane between the respective pairs of arms of said spider; and frictionbrakemechanism mounted on the said flange of said base-member arrangedto cooperatively engage the hub-portion oi' said rotatable spider tohold saidbasemember:

-reel-holding device-for shaft'upstandingfrom'said flange; a spidercomprising a hub-portionengagedon said upstanding shaft forsupportingsaid*spideron said flange for 'rotation 2 in a substantiallyhorizontal Lpla'nfie,

and arms extending radially with irespect to 'sa-id hub-portion, saidarms being arranged in pairs to define Vertical slots or accommodatingsaid reels; a pair of bearing-blocks for each pair of arms, saidbearing-blocks being construoted and arranged to support a reel forrotation in a substantially-vertical plane between the respective pairsof arms of said spider; and brake-means formed on said bearing-blocks,said brake-means comprising flexible elements of said blocks arranged tocooperatively engage the reels mounted therein, and manually-adjustablemeans for fiexing said flexible elements of said blocks to and fromrictional engagement with the respective reels thereof to hold thelatter from rotating freely in said bearing-blocks.

3. A reel-holding device for selectively orienting a plurality of reelsopposite a feeding-station. said device comprising a base-member havinga flange adjacent its upper end and a concentric shaft upstanding fromsaid flange; a spider comprising a hub-portion engaged on saidupstanding shaft for supporting said spider on said flange for rotationin a substantially-horizontal plane, and arms extending radially withrespect to said hub-portion, said arms being arranged in pairs to defineVertical slots for accommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocksfor each pair of arms; friction brake-mechanism mounted on the flangeofsaid base-member and arranged to cooperatively engage the hub-portion ofsaid rotatable spider to hold said spider from rotating freely about theshaft of said base-member; and brake-means formed on the saidbearing-blocks, said brake-means comprisin flexible arms of the U-shapedbearing-recesses arranged to coopera tively engage the reels mounted insaid U-shaped bearing-recesses, and manually-adjustable means forflexing the flexible arms of said bearingrecesses to and from frictionalengagement with said reels to hold said reels from rotating freely inthe respective bearing-blocks 4. A :'eel-holding device for selectivelyorienting a plurality of reels opposite a, reading-station. said devicecomprising a base-member having a flange adjacent its upper end; aconcentric disk secured to said flange, said disk having radial notchesin the periphery thereof and a concentric upstanding shaft; a spidercomprising a hubportion engaged on the upstanding shaft for supportingsaid spider on said disk for rotation in a substantially-horizontalplane, and arms extending radially with respect to said hub-portion,said arms being arranged in pairs to deflne Vertical slots foraccommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocks for each pair ofarms. said bearing-blocks being constructed and arranged to support areel for rotation in a substantiallysele ctively' drient ing a' prality-of' reels oppositeafeeding statiom f said device' "comprising a'base ember-he e 'af flange adjacent flits upper end -=and=-a-'concentricv M BEFERENCES CITED t The following references are ofrecordin-:thei fileof this patentz v Number 1

